by Kare Anderson | Jan 13, 2016 | behavior, Caring, Connecting
Sometimes I self-sabotage in talking with others, especially those I do not know them well, then feel badly afterwards. As Mindwise author Nicholas Epley shows, we overestimate how well we understand how others see us and what they are thinking, yet here are four ways...
by Kare Anderson | Jan 12, 2016 | behavior, Caring, collaboration, Collective Clout
I got this strange idea in eighth grade. To run for student body president is not a surprising decision for most outgoing, popular students. But I was neither. In fact I tended to daydream, read books that were not on the required list, and sit in the table at the far...
by Kare Anderson | Jan 11, 2016 | behavior
Spurring passersby to take photos or videos in front of your business can pull them through the door and pull columnists to cover “our” story. “The city is our canvas,” GreenGraffiti owner, Jim Bowes told The New York Times. Bowes said,...
by Kare Anderson | Dec 6, 2015 | behavior, Book, Caring, mutuality matters
1. Triangle Talk to Get Closer Increasingly, within the U.S. more people are living and working alone. That may be why we are more likely to talk about ourselves more often in conversation, bouncing back to our own interests when responding to others. Instead, pull...
by Kare Anderson | Oct 9, 2015 | behavior, Book, mutuality matters
There is widespread anxiety these days about technology taking away our jobs. There are several dire and comforting scenarios ahead points out Derek Thompson in a fascinating, in-depth article in The Atlantic: “A World Without Work.” Yet in his compelling book Humans...
by Kare Anderson | Sep 13, 2015 | behavior, Choice
To live a more congruent, satisfying and accomplished life with others consider what these three stories have in common: 1. “Train hard, laugh harder” could have been the motto of the U.S. national soccer team when two-time Olympic gold medal winner, Julie Foudy, was...
